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Have your say! Local municipalities launch best community in Canada for kids! Help us by: spreading the
new public engagement platform word, sharing your ideas, sharing your tech talents, attending
The cities of Cambridge, Waterloo, Kitchener and the Region a meeting or recommending a youth with good ideas. To learn
of Waterloo are excited to jointly launch a new public more and participate, visit www.smartwr.ca.
engagement platform: Engage Waterloo Region (EngageWR). •Climate change: The Region is preparing a Community Climate
The new tool gives citizens the opportunity to have their say Adaptation (CCA) Plan to help Waterloo Region reduce the risks
on local projects and initiatives. With evolving needs and the posed to our community by extreme weather and changing
advancement of online engagement, the cities and the Region climate conditions. Visit www.engagewr.ca/cca-plan to learn
have switched to a new platform that will better facilitate more about the plan and share your ideas with us.
public engagement through more robust tools and a modern,
user-friendly design. •Cambridge Farmer’s Market: Tell us about your experiences
with the Cambridge Farmer’s Market to help us improve your
A single registration gives participants full access to all online market experience. To learn more and participate, visit www.
public engagement opportunities for the Region of Waterloo engagecambridge.ca
and the cities of Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo. Registered
users can tailor their preferences to receive notifications •Kitchener recreation: Have a say about where you play! Tell
about topics that mean the most to them. The interactive and us about your preferences as they relate to the city’s recre-
user-friendly site allows users to participate in different ways ation and leisure facilities. We want to learn more about how
and stay updated throughout the lifetime of a project. to best support your healthy, active lifestyle. To learn more
and participate, visit www.engagekitchener.ca.
Check out www.EngageWR.ca to see how it works and register
with this new platform to stay informed about current and •Kitchener’s sidewalk winter maintenance program: This win-
future topics of interest. Some of the current and upcoming ter, bylaw officers are proactively inspecting sidewalks city-
projects include: wide to ensure snow and ice is cleared 24 hours after a snow-
fall to help keep our community moving safely. Tell us what
•Smart Waterloo Region: Did you know we have a one in five you think about the program. To learn more and participate,
chance of winning $50 million to improve child and youth visit www.engagekitchener.ca.
well-being in Waterloo Region? To win, we need to be the

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